Live Updates: U.S.-Iran deal signed by Trump and Iranian negotiator, U.S. officials say

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57% : 5:41 AM Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps published on Monday a list of the 14 points it says are included in the memorandum of understanding with the U.S., which is expected to come into effect after it is signed on Friday.According to the IRGC, the agreement includes:Immediate and permanent cessation of war on all fronts, including Israel's battle with Hezbollah in LebanonU.S. commitment not to interfere in Iran's internal affairs and to respect the sovereignty of the Islamic RepublicFull lifting of the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports and vessels within 30 daysU.S. commitment to withdraw forces from the region around IranReopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days under Iranian arrangementsSuspension of sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil, petrochemical products and derivatives, and full Iranian access to revenuesU.S. and its allies required to present reconstruction plans for Iran worth at least $300 billion60 days of negotiations to reach a final agreement on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of primary and secondary U.S. sanctions, as well as United Nations Security Council and IAEA Board of Governors resolutionsIran's reaffirmation of its commitment under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty not to produce nuclear weaponsDuring the negotiation period, the U.S. commits not to increase its forces in the region and not to impose new sanctionsRelease of $24 billion in frozen Iranian funds during the 60-day final negotiation period; half of this amount must be made available to Iran before final negotiations beginEstablishment of a monitoring mechanism to implement the agreementFinal agreement to be approved by a United Nations Security Council resolutionDiscussions about Iran's conventional missile program and support for resistance groups are explicitly excluded from the agenda.Israeli officials said Monday that the country was not bound to withdraw forces from Lebanon or halt its fight with Hezbollah under the U.S.-Iran agreement.On Friday, a senior Trump administration official told CBS News that Iran would not receive any portion of the frozen financial assets until the country shows it is complying with the obligations made under the deal.
55% : Netanyahu received full backing for his positions from Israel's cabinet, Ynet says.
51% : "The Iran deal we made is going to bring a lot of, a lot of success to the world, because the oil was really clogged up there for a while."Trump added that the Strait of Hormuz will "be completely opened" on Friday.CBS/AP 2:41 PM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran had spared his country from what he described as the Islamic Republic's threat of "nuclear annihilation.""The most important thing is that we saved the State of Israel from the threat of nuclear annihilation," Netanyahu said, in what were his first comments after Washington and Tehran agreed to a deal to end the Middle East war."And what would that mean?
51% : 6:07 AM The Lebanese presidency welcomed the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, which is said to include a termination of all military operations across all fronts, including Israel's fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.In a statement released Monday, the presidency said "Lebanon hopes that this development will mark the beginning of a broader process that enhances stability in the region, preserves the sovereignty of states and the rights of their peoples, and allows the Lebanese to focus on rebuilding what has been destroyed and restoring their normal lives under a secure and stable state."
50% : 12:32 PM Denmark's Maersk, one of the world's biggest shipping firms, welcomed the tentative agreement between the U.‌S. and Iran, but said Monday that it was still too soon to assess its impact, and it noted no changes yet to the group's operations in the region."The announced agreement is a welcome and positive development, but publicly available ⁠details are still limited, and it is too early to assess how it will impact logistics and ⁠maritime operations," Maersk said in a statement to the Reuters news agency."At this stage, there are no changes ⁠to our operations in the region," it added, echoing statements by international shipping trade associations made earlier in the day.
49% : 7:24 AM United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged "maximum restraint" by all sides involved in the U.S.-Iran agreement that is expected to be signed later this week.
48% : 8:06 AM At least one ship transited the Strait of Hormuz early on Monday, according to shipping data from MarineTraffic.com.The Malta-flagged tanker had been in the Persian Gulf since the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war with Iran at the end of February, loaded with about 68,000 tons of cargo bound for India.A second ship, the container vessel Kaiser, appeared positioned to transit the strait later in the day.
47% : The technical details are one of the things that we're going to work on when we start those technical talks on Friday," Vance said on "CBS Mornings."According to the United Nations atomic watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has about 900 pounds of highly-enriched uranium believed to be buried under the rubble of a nuclear facility hit by U.S. and Israeli strikes a year
46% : 1:47 PM When Kamal Kamal heard a ceasefire deal had been agreed between Iran and the U.S., he rushed back to the southern city of Nabatieh only to find an Israeli strike had reduced his life's work to rubble.The city, usually home to some 90,000 people before the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah erupted on March 2, was largely deserted as Israel pressed its military offensive in the area in recent days.Kamal fought back tears as he stared stunned at the pile of rubble that used to be his roastery and warehouse for coffee and other products, after Israel pummeled the region with strikes and issued sweeping evacuation orders."When I opened it in the seventies, I was still a young man...
46% : 3:54 AM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Trump Israel won't pull its troops from Lebanon and doesn't consider itself obligated to go along with the Lebanon-related parts of the U.S. deal with Iran, Israeli news service Ynet reports, citing Israeli sources.Ynet says Netanyahu also told Mr. Trump Israel will keep responding to attacks by Iran-backed Hezbollah and hitting Hezbollah itself.
45% : A spokesperson for Netanyahu's office said Israel would continue to defend itself against any threat to its security, the Associated Press reported, while Iran has insisted any agreement to end the conflict must include an end to the fighting in Lebanon.A senior U.S. official said Monday that Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon is not a condition of the memorandum of understanding, and that the agreement "is a ceasefire" to which all sides are expected to abide.
43% : now nothing is left," he said, leaning heavily on a walking stick and surveying the vast destruction."How my life has been spent in vain here!"The war in Lebanon has been included in the framework deal to end the broader Middle East war.But Lebanon's army on Monday urged displaced residents to delay their return to southern border villages, citing the "risk of Israeli violations and attacks."Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, issued a similar warning.Yet residents who have cautiously returned to Nabatieh have expressed dismay at the huge damage Israel inflicted on the city's neighborhoods and its famed market, where the roofing had collapsed and shops were devastated.
39% : "And we have pushed away from us, for years, this danger of the annihilation of Israel's population."Israel's presence in Lebanon is among the major challenges that remain to ending the war.
37% : "Meaning that, if Iran is not able to control Hezbollah, and if they attack Israeli positions or Israeli towns, Israel will have the right to defend themselves and respond," the official said.
36% : 7:00 AM The Lebanese Army on Monday warned residents from southern towns who have evacuated during months of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel not to return home yet.In a social media statement, the Lebanese Army Command stressed "the need for residents to exercise caution and delay returning to villages and towns in the southern border area … in order to ensure their safety from the risk of Israeli violations and attacks."Israel's defense minister said Monday that the country would not withdraw its forces from a vast swath of southern Lebanon they have effectively occupied for weeks under the U.S.-Iran deal.The Israel Defense Forces did not announce any specific new operations against Hezbollah Monday, but Defense Minister Israel Katz noted in his statement that the area where Israeli forces are operating in southern Lebanon, "will be cleared of local residents and all terrorist infrastructure, above and below ground - including the houses in the contact villages that served as terrorist outposts - will be destroyed."
28% : 5:22 AM Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Monday that the agreement between the U.S. and Iran does not require Israel to stop its fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon."Trump's agreement does not bind us...
12% : 5:02 AM Israel's defense minister said Monday that Israeli forces will remain in Lebanon "indefinitely" and he opposes any withdrawal of forces from the southern parts of the country, where Israel and the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah have fought continuously since just after the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran.Defense Minister Israel Katz said the government was "leading a clear policy that states that the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza - indefinitely - in order to protect the border and Israeli settlements from there against jihadist elements."The defense minister said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had made President Trump aware of Israel's intention to maintain a presence in southern Lebanon."If Iran attacks Israel due to the events in Lebanon - we will attack it with all our might and clearly demonstrate to it the power gaps," Katz said in his statement.Pakistan, a key mediator in the negotiations, said the agreement reached by the U.S. and Iran, included a termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.

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